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	<title>Comments on: Ocean&#8217;s Mist Press Apparently Still Open&#8230;</title>
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		<title>By: Siren-BookStrand</title>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2008/05/05/oceans-mist-press-apparently-still-open/comment-page-1/#comment-17651</link>
		<dc:creator>Siren-BookStrand</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello, We want to set the record straight with regards to Essence. Essence does not write for Siren Publishing. We dropped her on March 25th once we discovered she faked her legal name in her signed contracts. Rest assured, we do not support misconduct in this industry where we value our authors and our readers. Sincerely, Diana DeBalko (aka Amanda Hilton), Publisher, Siren-BookStrand, Inc., www.sirenbookstrand.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello, We want to set the record straight with regards to Essence. Essence does not write for Siren Publishing. We dropped her on March 25th once we discovered she faked her legal name in her signed contracts. Rest assured, we do not support misconduct in this industry where we value our authors and our readers. Sincerely, Diana DeBalko (aka Amanda Hilton), Publisher, Siren-BookStrand, Inc., <a href="http://www.sirenbookstrand.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.sirenbookstrand.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Clemens, Ocean&#8217;s*, and Amazon. Oh Noes! &#171; The thing is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2008/05/05/oceans-mist-press-apparently-still-open/comment-page-1/#comment-17261</link>
		<dc:creator>Clemens, Ocean&#8217;s*, and Amazon. Oh Noes! &#171; The thing is&#8230;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] all her authors on their royalties.  It&#8217;s also being reported by the EREC blog and Karen Know&#8217;s Best, that Loose Id and Siren have signed this woman and are releasing books by her too.  I have to [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] all her authors on their royalties.  It&#8217;s also being reported by the EREC blog and Karen Know&#8217;s Best, that Loose Id and Siren have signed this woman and are releasing books by her too.  I have to [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Jade James</title>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2008/05/05/oceans-mist-press-apparently-still-open/comment-page-1/#comment-17248</link>
		<dc:creator>Jade James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 13:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jolie, no apology is necessary. We all live and learn. It took me a while to see the truth about Silk&#039;s Vault, before I removed any of my books.

I&#039;m not saying it works for everybody, but since I didn&#039;t have money for a lawyer, I made my fight public with OMP. I made sure that everywhere Noemi was (blogs, yahoo groups, discussion lists)that everyone knew how dirty she was. And one of the reasons why I did that, was because I had emails with proof on how shady Noemi is. 

This experience proved to me that you couldn&#039;t trust all publishers. So I made it a point to submit to publishers that have been around for a while, that have proven there professionalism in many ways.

I wish you good luck, Jolie in getting your work back. It truly sucks that we authors have to deal with snakes like this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jolie, no apology is necessary. We all live and learn. It took me a while to see the truth about Silk&#8217;s Vault, before I removed any of my books.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not saying it works for everybody, but since I didn&#8217;t have money for a lawyer, I made my fight public with OMP. I made sure that everywhere Noemi was (blogs, yahoo groups, discussion lists)that everyone knew how dirty she was. And one of the reasons why I did that, was because I had emails with proof on how shady Noemi is. </p>
<p>This experience proved to me that you couldn&#8217;t trust all publishers. So I made it a point to submit to publishers that have been around for a while, that have proven there professionalism in many ways.</p>
<p>I wish you good luck, Jolie in getting your work back. It truly sucks that we authors have to deal with snakes like this.</p>
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		<title>By: Jolie du Pre</title>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2008/05/05/oceans-mist-press-apparently-still-open/comment-page-1/#comment-17245</link>
		<dc:creator>Jolie du Pre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 12:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jade,

I want to apologize for not listening to you back then.  I was an idiot for trusting Noemi and it was a good lesson for me in life.  I hope I never make this type of mistake again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jade,</p>
<p>I want to apologize for not listening to you back then.  I was an idiot for trusting Noemi and it was a good lesson for me in life.  I hope I never make this type of mistake again.</p>
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		<title>By: Jade James</title>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2008/05/05/oceans-mist-press-apparently-still-open/comment-page-1/#comment-17244</link>
		<dc:creator>Jade James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 12:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Noemi being Essence is news to me, but I&#039;m not surprised. Three years ago when she started the company, I subbed to her. I didn&#039;t see payment for months, until I waged a single handed war with her on my blog. 

Her response, &quot;I don&#039;t know why she&#039;s doing this to me.&quot; Bullshit you knew why, and when I confronted other authors who weren&#039;t paid, to back me up, all of them declined. Still, I moved on and finally saw a couple of hundred dollars, before she removed my books from her site permanently. She ignores emails, ignores phone calls, and just basically she&#039;s a stealing low down piece of s***

She&#039;s a conniving snake, and I only wish authors would&#039;ve listened to me back then.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Noemi being Essence is news to me, but I&#8217;m not surprised. Three years ago when she started the company, I subbed to her. I didn&#8217;t see payment for months, until I waged a single handed war with her on my blog. </p>
<p>Her response, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know why she&#8217;s doing this to me.&#8221; Bullshit you knew why, and when I confronted other authors who weren&#8217;t paid, to back me up, all of them declined. Still, I moved on and finally saw a couple of hundred dollars, before she removed my books from her site permanently. She ignores emails, ignores phone calls, and just basically she&#8217;s a stealing low down piece of s***</p>
<p>She&#8217;s a conniving snake, and I only wish authors would&#8217;ve listened to me back then.</p>
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		<title>By: Marianne LaCroix</title>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2008/05/05/oceans-mist-press-apparently-still-open/comment-page-1/#comment-17215</link>
		<dc:creator>Marianne LaCroix</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 13:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is as bad as Silk&#039;s. They disappeared but are back up again too.

I hope you get your books back, Jolie. That sucks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is as bad as Silk&#8217;s. They disappeared but are back up again too.</p>
<p>I hope you get your books back, Jolie. That sucks.</p>
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		<title>By: Jolie</title>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2008/05/05/oceans-mist-press-apparently-still-open/comment-page-1/#comment-17195</link>
		<dc:creator>Jolie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 01:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Karen,

Thanks for drawing attention to this.  I don&#039;t want OMP to abuse any more authors.  I&#039;ve been talking to my attorney.  My books need to be removed and I&#039;m sure there are others.

Jolie du Pre</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Karen,</p>
<p>Thanks for drawing attention to this.  I don&#8217;t want OMP to abuse any more authors.  I&#8217;ve been talking to my attorney.  My books need to be removed and I&#8217;m sure there are others.</p>
<p>Jolie du Pre</p>
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		<title>By: Karen Scott</title>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2008/05/05/oceans-mist-press-apparently-still-open/comment-page-1/#comment-17186</link>
		<dc:creator>Karen Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Speaking of, no Lyrical Press reviews from you yet? *g*&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Are you kidding, I&#039;ve given that wench enough free publicity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Speaking of, no Lyrical Press reviews from you yet? *g*</p></blockquote>
<p>Are you kidding, I&#8217;ve given that wench enough free publicity.</p>
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		<title>By: Anon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 22:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking of, no Lyrical Press reviews from you yet? *g*</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of, no Lyrical Press reviews from you yet? *g*</p>
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